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Study: Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Risks after Gestational Diabetes

Women who have had gestational diabetes may be able to reduce or even eliminate their risk for cardiovascular disease by following a healthy lifestyle in the years after giving birth, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The researchers analyzed data from the Nurses’ Health Study II (link is external), […]

Harvard Will Host Webcast Forum on Discrimination

BOSTON — The Harvard School of Public Health is holding a discussion on discrimination in America. The discussion to be webcast at noon on Tuesday (Oct. 24) is part of the school’s Forum series and will focus on the African-American experience with discrimination in everyday life. (12 p.m.-1 p.m. ET ForumHSPH.org https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/discrimination-in-america/ ) It is […]

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How Birth Control Order Affects Women’s Health

Trump’s birth control order, announced on Friday, is devastating news. Previously, under a mandate from the Affordable Care Act, most employers were required to provide their employees with birth control coverage without copayments. On Friday, Trump rolled back that mandate. Now the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor will make it easier […]

Program Supports Women of Color Who Breastfeed

When Angela Mercado gave birth to her daughter nine weeks ago, she set the intention of breastfeeding for one year – a decision she felt confident in after meeting that goal with her son, now 3. Mercado gave birth to her first child in Germany during a military deployment. She recalled receiving advice from fellow […]

D.C. Residents Protest Food Deserts

For long-time Ward 8 resident Delois McNeal, 70, the weekly task of restocking her refrigerator is a challenge. “I have to walk across the street to catch the W3 bus,” McNeal said. “It’s a shuttle bus that runs once every half an hour. If you miss that, you have to wait another half an hour […]

Indian Health Deal Goes to Man Linked to Accusations

A company chosen to potentially operate emergency departments at four Native American hospitals in the Great Plains is led by a man whose former company paid $10 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs. John Shufeldt is the chief executive officer and chief medical officer of Tribal […]

Senator Offers Bill to Repeal Opioid Law

Legislation introduced by a top Senate Democrat would repeal an Obama-era bill that critics say has dramatically restricted the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on opioid distributors suspected of wrongdoing. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said her legislation is being […]

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Poor and Minority People Have Worse Home Health Care Outcomes

Home health is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Medicare, and the setting of a new federal value-based payment program, yet little is known about disparities in clinical outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries receiving home health care. We found that beneficiaries who were poor or Black had worse clinical outcomes in home health care than their […]

Charts: The Flaw in the Birth Control Rule

On Friday, the Trump administration issued new rules that allow a wide range of employers and insurers to be exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s provision that grants women contraceptives without additional payments. The move may appeal to social conservatives who object to contraception, but is it a good idea from a medical perspective? Read […]

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Research Looks at Why Alzheimer’s Strikes Earlier Among Hispanics

Investigators at University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in Fort Worth want to understand why people of Hispanic descent develop cognitive loss and Alzheimer’s disease earlier than non-Hispanics. Their new study, funded by a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, aims to add knowledge on the early events that cause […]

NIH Completes Atlas of DNA Distinctions

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed atlas documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression – a key way in which a person’s genome gives rise to an observable trait, like hair color or disease risk. This atlas is a critical resource for the scientific community interested […]

Grant to Help Reduce Rearrest Rates for Homeless

HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2017) – Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) hope to put a dent in the cycle of re-arrest and release among homeless adults with research on a smartphone app funded by a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read More

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